LONDON, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — WORLD TRAVEL MARKET — IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) (LON: IHG; NYSE: IHG) and Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) today announced they have entered into a multi-year agreement under which consumers can now book IHG hotels on Expedia® sites globally. The agreement will result in the addition of more than 3,700 hotels across all IHG brands, including InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites, to the hotel selection on Expedia and hotels.com® branded points of sale globally, as well as Hotwire® and Expedia® Corporate Travel.

As a further testament to the relationship, IHG is participating as the
launch partner for Expedia, Inc.’s new media-based pricing model. The
dynamic, two-part economic model will blend transaction pricing with
media pricing based on clicks on specific IHG properties in Expedia.com
and hotels.com search results. Expedia and IHG collaboratively
developed this innovative approach to distribution marketing — a first
in online travel — where IHG will receive significant benefits from
value-added media placement throughout the Expedia network in addition
to the bookings they receive from Expedia.

We’ve spent many years forecasting and implementing travel and
hospitality corporate and marketing budgets and plans. Our company like
yours is in the midst of planning and budgeting for 2008. And, just
like you, after reviewing this year’s results, we generally pull out
our crystal ball and project into the future what the travel and
hospitality business will be like in the months ahead. This is actually
the easy part! The real challenge is when the budget is set and the
plan is agreed and now you have to implement your plan.

O.K. There is no Google Phone. As we wrote a while back, Google is not building a phone.
Instead, the company has teamed up with others in the wireless industry
to create an open-source operating system, as well as other services,
for mobile phones. Other companies, including Motorola, LG and Samsung,
are expected to build phones based on this software.

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Despite a great deal of hype surrounding its launch, Google’s video
content distribution network is in its very early stages. Even Google
admits the new product, which comes on the heels of the introduction of similar YouTube player ad units,
may evolve in terms of the ad formats offered. In fact, the latest
product is a culmination of previous video-related tests by the
company.

Global spam levels reached an all-time high of 95% of all e-mails at its peak during the third quarter, according to a new report by Commtouch.

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I return today from spending the last 2 days in NY at SMX Social Media.
A lot of great speakers were present, and this post will summarize a
set of 11 guidelines for putting together a successful social media
strategy: